Backend Software Engineer – Hybrid

Job Title : Sr Full Stack Engineer / Technical Lead – on site

Location :

SF / Bay Area, California working at a Software Development for Pharma Startup.

The Scope / Responsibilities of Role :

System Design : Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in a production environment.

AI Implementation : Rapidly learning and applying new techniques in LLM development (fine-tuning, RAG, and prompt engineering).

Collaboration : Working across teams including product managers, medical writers, and customer success to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Interview Stages : 3-4, includes a take-home code assessment.

Must Have Skills for Role :

Backend Experience : 3+ years in software development; proficiency in building APIs from the ground up using modern Python frameworks (FastAPI, Django, etc.).

AI / ML : Experience building GenAI applications, complex prompt engineering, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and RAG.

Cloud & Infrastructure : Experience deploying / scaling containerized applications in cloud environments (AWS preferred) and building CI / CD pipelines.

Soft Skills : Ability to reason through ambiguous requirements and execute quickly without extensive oversight.

Nice to Have Skills for Role :

Infrastructure-as-Code : Experience with Terraform or Pulumi.

Regulated Industry : Secure coding practices from industries like fintech or life sciences.

Frontend : Experience with React development.

Domain Knowledge : Knowledge of regulatory requirements in life sciences or similar.